Re: Help setting up smtp

From: Chris Hall (chris.hall_at_securityfederalbank.com)
Date: 04/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:56:57 -0400

Hi Jeff,

We do have port 25 open and nat setup on the f/w. When I set my client to
use the ip address of the 'new' smtp server, I get the message that the
service failed. I checked that the service was started and also restarted
the service just in case. No go. Any ideas?

"Jeff Cochran" <jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com> wrote in message
news:408c7e86.118627377@msnews.microsoft.com...
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:50:39 -0400, "Chris Hall"
> <chris.hall@securityfederalbank.com> wrote:
>
> >I'm trying to setup a w2kpro as a smtp server. Our e-mail is being hosted
by
> >our isp and due to a machine that scans all traffic going in and out of
the
> >network, we are experiencing timeout issues when we try to send e-mail w/
> >attachments over 1 mb. The timeout is on the server side. The vendor of
the
> >box that does the scanning told us that we need to setup a smtp server
> >inside the network. I have IIS w/ smtp installed on a w2kpro box, the
> >service started and accepted the default configuration. What else would I
> >need to do to get this to relay mail out of our internal network.
>
> >More details:
>
> >We're using private ip addresses inside a firewall.
>
> You'll need to provide connectivity for port 25 through your firewall.
> That means address translation from an external IP to your internal
> one as well. Beyond that, a MX record in your DNS for the domain and
> you're good to go.
>
> Jeff

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